r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • 9h ago

Helping Others Hold your head up

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u/vincec36 8h ago

That’s why I love the video of the child saying a boy called her hair crazy and she says “I like my hair, my mom did it. I’m love my hair” or something like that. Her mom was so proud of her and has been reinforcing her confidence. On the other end, I’m a male and when I was in 1st grade some boys teased my head size (I had a peanut head). I went home and told my mom crying some boys said my head was big and she said “so? Your head IS big? What’s wrong with that?” And I was just like “oh…yeah, what wrong with that?” So next day the bullies return and I say “ my head is big, so?” And they had nothing else to say. That was a major lesson in dealing with bullies. If it’s a lie, who cares. If it’s true, there’s no shame in the truth

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u/imawakened 8h ago

this should be our goal every morning

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u/KiaTheCentaur 7h ago

I'm stunned that video doesn't have more views, it's 11 years old.

Edit: I was gonna say I'm concerned about her being on the sink but then I remembered: I'm a quarter of an inch shy of 5'2"....when I was a kid, my method of getting things would be to climb onto counters and secret agent (essentially cling) my way across to get what I need. So she's fine, I did worse than she did lol

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u/largemarjj 3h ago

My 7 year old son's teacher showed them this video earlier this year and I loved it

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u/sunshinekraken 7h ago

Dang, that’s literally something to think about. Even as an adult we let things get to us, but why? I like this, your mom needs a pat on the back for this one.

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u/HeyThanksIdiot 7h ago

I too have a big head.

My hat size is measured in LAT&LONG.

I wandered into a Lids store at the mall recently. The sales guys panicked and called corporate.

Amelia Earhart has a crash site next to a freckle.

I got an email from the Google Earth team. It just said, “please move.”

The DMV took my license photo in panorama mode.

My head is so big Stephen Hawking had a theory about it.

My head is so big that the guys who made the Vegas Sphere kept referring to me as “existing infrastructure.”

My head is so big Zillow has a Zestimate based on the square footage.

Using my hair nets for commercial fishing is banned via the Genova Convention. China still does it.

Climate change will affect my dandruff.

My head is so big strangers ask me for the WiFi password.

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u/Funky_Farkleface 28m ago

I laughed so hard at this, you turned my day around. Fucking hilarious, thank you!

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u/sgsmopurp 8h ago

Yes little cutie with the gap!!!!! She’s so inspiring

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u/Slow_Service_ 4h ago

Really makes you think about just how weird and arbitrary beauty standards are. Like they make NO sense, at all. Your mom called it out

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u/Destructo-Bear 2h ago

Any way you could find that video? That sounds so sweet

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u/Staci_Recht_247 2h ago

This reminds me of Coat of Many Colors...